1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming such as WoW and others like crysis/counter strike, At high or maxed settings if possible Gimping photos for teh lulz, and standard internet use
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
around 1800 give or take
3) Where do you live? Minnesota
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard, Cpu, Ram, Psu, optical drive, two ati video cards and a 1tb HD, and maybe a fan controller/ect
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Just my mouse, keyboard, monitor and speakers
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes hopefully to 4Ghz if cooling will allow
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have a 22in vizio tv, that runs 1920 x 1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next week or two.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
crossfire, and raid, but most decent motherboards have them
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
I plan on downloading and partitioning Ubuntu 64bit to around 100gigs on my hard drive for friends to log onto the internet and play some games. The rest of the hard drive space will be used by Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition that I'm buying with the parts.
Heres a parts list I've put together so far, would be nice if someone could add anything they feel I've missed or feel i need to change to have a decent computer for a couple years to come ( I plan on up-grading to 8 gigs of ram in the future along with a SSD card also putting another couple terabytes of hd space when money permits)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x
CPU cooler: CORSAIR H50 (decided to keep this after realizing i had enough fans to do the push/pull setup)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009
Video cards:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 5850 X2 (exact same as the Toxic edition except not factory overclocked)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102886
Ram:Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (decided to keep them, i shaved off some money off the wishlist)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148339
Case: Haf 932 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
Hard drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Optical drive: SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151199
Fans: 9, 120MM fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998121 And 1, 200MM front fan blue replacement http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103073
controller for said fans,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998055
also have lights/sata cables added to the wish-list but didn't feel the need to post them, This is my first time posting on hardforum so let me know if i did anything wrong
Gaming such as WoW and others like crysis/counter strike, At high or maxed settings if possible Gimping photos for teh lulz, and standard internet use
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
around 1800 give or take
3) Where do you live? Minnesota
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard, Cpu, Ram, Psu, optical drive, two ati video cards and a 1tb HD, and maybe a fan controller/ect
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Just my mouse, keyboard, monitor and speakers
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes hopefully to 4Ghz if cooling will allow
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have a 22in vizio tv, that runs 1920 x 1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next week or two.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
crossfire, and raid, but most decent motherboards have them
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
I plan on downloading and partitioning Ubuntu 64bit to around 100gigs on my hard drive for friends to log onto the internet and play some games. The rest of the hard drive space will be used by Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition that I'm buying with the parts.
Heres a parts list I've put together so far, would be nice if someone could add anything they feel I've missed or feel i need to change to have a decent computer for a couple years to come ( I plan on up-grading to 8 gigs of ram in the future along with a SSD card also putting another couple terabytes of hd space when money permits)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x
CPU cooler: CORSAIR H50 (decided to keep this after realizing i had enough fans to do the push/pull setup)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009
Video cards:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 5850 X2 (exact same as the Toxic edition except not factory overclocked)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102886
Ram:Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM (decided to keep them, i shaved off some money off the wishlist)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148339
Case: Haf 932 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
Hard drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Optical drive: SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151199
Fans: 9, 120MM fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998121 And 1, 200MM front fan blue replacement http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103073
controller for said fans,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998055
also have lights/sata cables added to the wish-list but didn't feel the need to post them, This is my first time posting on hardforum so let me know if i did anything wrong
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